# Thompson v. Talmadge

> Supreme Court of Georgia · March 19, 1947 · 201 Ga. 867

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3400092

## Case

- **Full name:** THOMPSON, Lieutenant Governor, Et Al. v. TALMADGE; BYARS Et Al. v. THOMPSON; FULTON NATIONAL BANK OF ATLANTA v. TALMADGE Et Al.; THOMPSON Et Al. v. TALMADGE Et Al.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Georgia
- **Decided:** March 19, 1947
- **Citations:** 201 Ga. 867; 41 S.E.2d 883; 1947 Ga. LEXIS 352
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Candler
- **Judges:** Duckworth, Jenkins, Candler
- **Cited by:** 51 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Disapproved in part by Blackmon v. Golia, 231 Ga. 381 (1973).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3400092

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that “determining the meaning of the [state] Constitution, which is binding on everyone, was the exclusive function of the courts”
- observing that a rule that precludes a court from revisiting a previous construction is "stated more strongly than we would be willing to put it"

## Opinion text

Candler, Justice,
dissenting. In my view the cases do not present justiciable controversies. It is my opinion that they involve questions over which the General Assembly has been given exclusive jurisdiction, and whether it has acted correctly or incorrectly, the courts are given no power under the Constitution to interfere.

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